Industry-Funded Comic for Kids Casts Hydrogen Fuel as Climate Hero
A hydrogen industry lobby group has produced a comic book aimed at high schoolers that suggests solar and wind power are incapable of fueling decarbonization goals, and that only hydrogen fuel cells provide sufficient energy to eliminate fossil fuels. In the comic, several giant robots — led by Battery Bot — are defending the city […]
‘We Have to Stop Demonising Oil and Gas’ Jacob Rees-Mogg Told UAE Investment Chief
Jacob Rees-Mogg spoke of his desire for people to “stop demonising oil and gas” in a private meeting with the head of the United Arab Emirates’s state investment company while serving as Business and Energy Secretary, DeSmog can reveal. Rees-Mogg agreed with Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak that “hydrocarbons need to be part of the [energy] […]
Montana Youth-led Climate Trial Will Go On as Scheduled
Montana’s Republican-led state government has failed to stop a groundbreaking youth climate lawsuit against the state from going to trial, despite last-minute legislative moves that have altered Montana’s energy and environmental policies. The state legislature’s Republican supermajority passed House Bill 971 just two weeks after it was introduced in April, and Gov. Greg Gianforte signed […]
UK Imported £19.3 Billion in Fossil Fuels from Authoritarian Petrostates in the Year Following Russia’s Ukraine Invasion
UK fossil fuel imports from authoritarian petrostates surged to £19.3 billion in the year following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a new DeSmog analysis has found. Government efforts to end the purchase of oil and gas from Russia have seemingly resulted in an upsurge in imports from other authoritarian regimes, including Algeria, Bahrain, Kuwait, Libya, Qatar, […]
They’re not energy companies – they’re fossil fuel companies
By Juan F. Samaniego and Eduardo Robaina, Climática. This story was originally published by Climática, and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate crisis. If Marty McFly and Doc were to travel from the past to spring 2023, they’d think that the Delorean had […]
Replace fossil fuels — with more fossil fuels? That’s one major utility’s plan.
By Katie Myers, Grist. This story was originally published in Grist, and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate crisis. Austin Wall was attending an environmental law conference at the University of Tennessee not long ago when, during a discussion of natural gas pipeline […]
Oil and Pipeline Companies Are Backing a ‘Water Quality Restoration’ Project in North America’s Biggest Swamp
Covering a million acres along Louisiana’s central southwest coast, the Atchafalaya Basin is the largest contiguous swamp in North America. It’s home to centuries-old tupelo and cypress trees, along with dozens of species of shellfish and fish, from shrimp and crawfish to freshwater drum and catfish. This abundance makes the Basin one the most important […]
How Fishmeal Factories Put Food Out of Reach for Communities in The Gambia
The fishmeal trade is undermining human rights and putting jobs at risk in The Gambia, a new report has found. Research by Amnesty International has uncovered a range of social and environmental problems caused by the West African country’s three fish processing factories, which are strung out along its 30-kilometre coastline. The factories – which […]
DeSmog Launches Industrial Aquaculture Project
At first glance, fish might seem like a climate-friendly alternative to meat for a world that needs to shift away from carbon-intensive cattle. At least the seafood farming (or ‘aquaculture’) industry would have you see it that way. Right now the market for farmed fish like salmon is booming. In fact it’s the fastest-growing food […]
Why We’re Supporting Climate Whistleblowers
The climate crisis is worsening by the day. Despite growing pledges to act, greenhouse gas emissions are breaking records. Climate change, pollution and extinctions are intensifying, causing instability, displacement and conflict. To quote U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres, we’re on the “highway to climate hell with our foot on the accelerator.” Our system of governance is […]